US 12,004,390 B2
Display device including auxiliary pixel near through-hole
Kwang Sae Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Ki Myeong Eom, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Appl. No. 17/287,272
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/004579
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/085592, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0126865 (KR), filed on Oct. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399080 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/35 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [H10K 59/1213 (2023.02); H10K 59/353 (2023.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate in which a main display area, a first non-display area inside the main display area, and an auxiliary display area between the main display area and the first non-display area are defined; and
a display unit comprising an auxiliary display and a main display, wherein the auxiliary display is disposed on the auxiliary display area and comprises a plurality of first auxiliary pixels, a plurality of second auxiliary pixels, and a plurality of third auxiliary pixels, and the main display is disposed on the main display area and comprises a plurality of main pixels,
wherein the plurality of first auxiliary pixels is commonly driven by a first driving signal, the plurality of second auxiliary pixels is commonly driven by a second driving signal, and the plurality of third auxiliary pixels is commonly driven by a third driving signal,
wherein a plurality of pixel circuits electrically connected to the plurality of first auxiliary pixels, the plurality of second auxiliary pixels, and the plurality of third auxiliary pixels are disposed outside the auxiliary display area.